Last night, Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered the Albanese government’s first budget and gave us our first real insight into how he plans to manage the Australian economy. 

But the budget papers run into the thousands of pages and unless you’re a massive fiscal nerd, you’re probably unlikely to read them. 

So, today on Please Explain, economics editor Ross Gittins and political and international editor Peter Hartcher join the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, Bevan Shields, to answer your questions.

Last night, Treasurer Jim Chalmers delivered the Albanese government’s first budget and gave us our first real insight into how he plans to manage the Australian economy. 
But the budget papers run into the thousands of pages and unless you’re a massive fiscal nerd, you’re probably unlikely to read them. 
So, today on Please Explain, economics editor Ross Gittins and political and international editor Peter Hartcher join the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, Bevan Shields, to answer your questions.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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